Almost one month and no decision on my latest batch...it does try the patience.

If you find a faulty bookmark, can you make a report please so IT can correct it.

Don't forget to include the link!

Many thanks.

Thank you Gedski.

I haven't seen any announcement of discontinuation yet, so this seems just speculation.

If there is a problem though it may well be related to shortage of parts. There are no doubt many suppliers in the chain.

The Kodak sensor business has just been sold, so those new owners will also be keenly looking for new customers. They already deal with Pentax for the 645D.

Think about spares avaiablilty - there will be many more MXs areound than LXs and at the moment you have a spare.

My experience is that 1980s electronics are now becoming a little "iffy" and are at the end of their useful life, so I'd stick with the two MX bodies any day.

The MZ series have problems of their own, although they are great cameras repairing them may be a problem because of spares being unavailable.

If that's the case, then I'm not sure the real world difference will be significant. However, the 40mm is a gorgeous little jewel of a lens and I can understand anyone seeing one and wanting one.

It depends which 35mm lens you have. I would change the 35mm f2.4 for the 40mm, but not necessarily the macro lens. You have said FA rather than DA for your 35mm lens, can you be more specific?

We get these flurries of lack of confidence every now and again!

It was only a rumour and there hasn't been any announcement from Pentax that I've seen.

Ricoh have not had Pentax for very long and we don't know The Plan yet, but I'm sure the plan wasn't to close themselves down. As business plans go, that would be a pretty weird one.

I've made a new book on Blurb, the cost a prsent from Sue.

http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2689835

Why 1000 Pixels? Because the images were all made 1000 pixels wide on the longest side and I thought it made a good title.

The book is a collection of creative images that are Photoshop manipulated in one way or another and it was an enjoyable process. You can see the whole book as a preview, so hopefully many people will view and enjoy it without even needing to buy it.

Do please let me know what you think.